Caribbean Rum Punch

Hello web world.  Are you still with us?  We have still been having our dinner clubs all these years but had gotten lazy about posting the recipes we used with each theme.  Sadly, we recently lost 2 couples to relocation but on the bright side, found 2 more couple friends to join in the fun.  Yesterday we kicked off Dinner Club Part 2 with a Pirate Party theme at my house.  Everyone did a great job with their interpretation of the theme which required a little more creative thinking than normal.  

Here's to hoping everyone gets their recipes up and we get back to sharing again :).

I'll kick us off with the signature drink for the night, Caribbean Rum Punch.  Squeezing all those limes was not so fun so next time, I'm being lazy and using the bottled stuff lol.  I made 1.5x the recipe which used nearly an entire liter of The Captain in it but you couldn't taste a darn thing.  Deadly and delicious!

Caribbean Rum Punch

Yields: 20- 4 oz servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 cups simple syrup
• 3 cups amber rum (used spiced Captain Morgan's)
• 4 cups orange juice
• 4 dashes bitters (omitted)
• freshly grated nutmeg (omitted)

Directions

1. To make the simple syrup, combine 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan.  Heat until sugar is fully dissolved then set aside to cool.
2. In a pitcher, combine lime juice, simple syrup, rum, and orange juice.  Add a few dashes of bitters and some grated nutmeg to taste.  Serve chilled over ice.

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